Sweat-band for hats



No. 608,724. Patented Aug. 9, I898.

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SWEAT BAND FOIR HATS.

(Application filed Dec. 8, 1897.)

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CHRISTIAN STADER, OF SAN FRANOISOCI, CALIFORNIA.

SWEAT-BAND Foe HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,724, dated August '9, 1898. ApplicatiOh filed December a, 1897. Serial No. 660,964. (in model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN STADER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sweat-Bands for Hats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it most nearly appertains to make, use, and

practice the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hats, and more particularly to sweat-bands therefor.

It consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the parts whereby a medicated material is carried in the sweat-band 5 further, whereby the medicinal ingredient is transmitted from the sweat-band to the scalp, and, further, whereby the material of the hat is prevented from becoming impregnated with the medicinal ingredient or from becoming damaged thereby.

The object which this invention has in view is to provide a medicated substance and apply the same constantly in a position within the hat and to operate either as a curative or preventive of many of the known diseases of the scalp; also, in some instances by the use of a proper medicinal ingredient to produce a temperature in the hat'lower than the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere, forming thereby a cool and pleasant head-gear and also a preventive of sunstroke.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat provided with this invention,

the outer layers and parts of the sweat-band being cut away to show those beneath. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged diagrammatic View showing, in section, a portion of a hat, together with the three layers of the sweat band, the same being separated.

To facilitate the description with reference to the drawings, the hat will be designated by means of the letter A and the brim thereof by means of the letter A. Around the lower portion of the crown of the hat, where the same would come in contact with the forehead or hair, there is usually provided a leather In the present invention this leather band.

band B is provided with perforations B, by means of which passages are provided for the medicinal ingredient With which the pad G is provided. The leather band 13 maybe dispensed withby substituting therefor a band of similar shape, but constructed of hair-cloth. The only essential feature in this band B with regard to the present invention is that it shall be of open fabric, so as to permit the passage of the medicinal ingredient contained by the pad 0. The band B is secured by being stitched to a protective strip D. The protective strip D is constructed of rubber, oiled silk, or other material which would not permit the passage of moisture or the ingredient contained by the pad OJ It is constructed of equal or greater length than the band B in order to extend above the upper edge of the pad G and prevent the same touching the crown of the hat. The band B and strip D are secured to the crown of the hat in the usual or present manner. The pad 0 is formed from an absorbent material-such as flannel,felt, and materials of the same nature. It may be of a length sufficient to extend around the entire circumference of the crown of the hat or may be made in short lengths. As above stated, its office is to carry a medicinal ingredient for the purpose of trans mitting the same gradually to the scalp of the wearer of the hat, directly or indirectly, by evaporation into the upper part of the hat. The. medicinal ingredient may be any beneficial and suitable ingredient. Those preferred, however, are of the nature that are evaporated, giving forth a vapor the contact of which has a curative property.

It has been discovered that many of the diseases of the scalp, especially of the male part of the population the wearer of hats that envelop the greater part of the head may be cured by a medicine administered in the manner described. The detrimental results incidental to the disease, such as baldness, may be thus prevented to a wearer of a hat made in conformity with this invention.

Y'Vhile the invention has herein been described as being used entirely as a disease curative or preventive, it has another use which is very pleasant to the wearer-that is, as a perfumer. In many instances the exudations from the heads of many persons are productive of unpleasant odors. Where the band 0 is impregnated with a medicinal or perfumed substance, this effect is entirely obliterated and replaced by odors which are pleasant.

One of the uses to which this invention is peculiarly adapted is also that of absorbing moisture from the brow of a person. The perforations or porosity of the band B permits the perspiration to pass through the same to the pad 0 and become absorbed thereby. In some forms of the medicinal ingredients used they become dry and only active in a medicinal way when thus mois tened by perspiration. The second form or use of this invention, wherein I use the perforated or porous band B and an absorbent pad 0, is that in which small pieces of metal or metal plate of different electropotentials are either attached to or embedded in the pad 0 and connected metallically for the purpose of producing an electric current. As will be understood, the current referred to will be produced by the perspiration with which the pad becomes impregnated, which is of a saline quality.

Having thus described this invention, it is claimed- In a hat or the like, a foralninous sweatband, a non-absorbent strip between said band and the hat-body, and a pad adapted to receive a medicament between the sweatband and the strip, said pad being of less Width than the non-absorbent strip; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of November, 1897.

CHRISTIAN STADER.

\Vitnesses:

E. F. MURDOOK, ll [AYNARD HARMS. 

